Weekend Box Office: EXODUS Reigns on Quiet Pre-Holiday Frame

As expected, Exodus: Gods and Kings easily
claimed first place this weekend. The biblical
epic earned an estimated $24.5 million from
3,503 locations – on track with studio
expectations for the Ridley Scott feature. Exodus
also sent Mockingjay- Part 1 into second place
for the first time in its three-week run. You
shouldn’t feel too bad for Katniss, though. Not
only has the penultimate chapter in The Hunger
Games franchise earned over $610 million
worldwide in just 24 days, it also now ranks as
the second highest-grossing domestic release of
2014 – behind only Guardians of the Galaxy .
Title Weekend Total
1. Exodus: Gods & Kings $24,500,000
2. Mockingjay – Part 1 $13,200,000
3. Penguins of Madagascar $7,300,000
4. Top Five $7,210,000
5. Big Hero 6 $6,145,000
6. Interstellar $5,500,000
7. Horrible Bosses 2 $4,630,000
8. Dumb and Dumber To $2,757,000
9. The Theory of Everything $2,525,000
10. Wild $1,500,000 $2.43